Holy Cow...Grace just got her ears pierced!!

Grace just went to bed and told me

this is one of her BEST DAYS EVER!!

After A LOT of begging and discussions centered around Grace's ears for the past few days, Troy and I decided to let her FINALLY (in her mind) get her ears pierced....and she was SO brave - she didn't cry or act nervous!!!

Troy and I tricked her this afternoon and ended up at Claire's...and she was smiling from ear-to-ear! The workers were so nice and actually pierced BOTH her ears at the SAME time - (which I highly recommend to all mom's out there)!!

She has been so funny all night helping out and doing a lot of "extra's" around the house (which I will take all of the little "extra's" I can get), and she keeps telling me that she can "feel" her earrings sparkle.....SO CUTE! WE LOVE YOU GRACE!!!

4th of July

I think this year's 4th of July went on for days and days....and we LOVED every minute of it! We started off with our town carnival on Thursday, a parade on Friday, swimming on Saturday, bbq, water games and fireworks on Saturday night, a bbq on Sunday, swimming on Monday, and another bbq Monday night.....did I miss anything in between?!

We love the month of July because the weather is perfect, school is out, it's Troy's birthday, corn-on-the cob, and so many other things we try to pack into one month! It's no wonder our kids are falling into bed at night and sleep later than usual in the mornings! Each day is packed with SOOO much fun! Here are some pic's from some of our 4th of July celebrations!

Moab & Dead Horse Point

Last weekend, Troy, Grace, Carson, Grandpa & Grandma Brown, Aunt Brookie and Josh went camping to Moab & Dead Horse Point! I think saying that had a GREAT time is really an understatement!!! In the upcoming days before they left, every morning the first thing out of both Grace and Carson's mouth was the number of days they had left until it was time to CAMP! The left on Thursday and came home on Saturday late afternoon....the perfect amount of time for everyone to camp! They camped in a campground near Arches National Park, and they went on a couple of fun hikes, went swimming, went to Toy Story 3, ate smores and went to Dead Horse Point on the way home! Grace and Carson had so much fun and I hope they will retain some small memory from this trip! I got to stay home with Chloe and Sawyer.....and I hardly left the house! I soon realized how much Grace and Carson help me with Chloe!!! We went on lots of walks, my house was REALLY clean and I got a chance to relax....a little! I am so grateful for Troy for wanting my kids to have these kinds of experiences - I have said this before in a lot of posts, but....he really is an AMAZING dad! Here are some pics from the trip: